We visit Nishiki Market in Kyoto to find some weird and crazy food to try. We get our fortune told by a scary creature.
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Video: Loy Krathong Festival in Bangkok 2016
This year, we celebrate the Loy Krathong Festival on a smaller scale than before, with a local Loy Krathong celebration at the famous Marble Temple.
Video: Thai Desk Graffiti
One of my all-time favorite videos, in which I examine the sweet, sincere, hilarious, and sometimes bizarre English desk graffiti at my school in Bangkok, Thailand.
Video: Cold in Kyoto
In Beer and Ice Cream part 2 we pick a terribly cold spring day to climb Mt. Inari and Michael makes an impractical choice in wardrobe. There is also tea, temples, sakura, and even golden ice cream.
Video: Loi Krathong 2015
Lok Krathong is one of Thailand’s most important holidays, the “festival of lights” which honors the spirit of the river. On November’s full moon, people will come out to the rivers to float a “krathong”, a banana leaf basket with flowers and candles.
Video: A Taste of Kansai
In Part I of our new Japan travelogue series, Beer and Ice Cream, we arrive in Osaka, explore Kuromon Market, visit Osaka Castle, go to Kyoto, have some beer, and eat some ice cream. Our trip begins in Japan’s Kansai region, and it’s all about food !!! We also have a little trouble with the legendary Love Rock.
Video: Halloween Special 2016 – The Legend of Pumpkin Mike
It turns out that “regular” pumpkins are horrendously expensive in Bangkok.
Video: Halloween Special 2015 – Jack-o-Melon
To get into the spirit (haha) of Halloween, today we taste some spooky pumpkin pudding flavored Kit Kats from Japan, and figure out how to make a jack-o-lantern when you can’t find a suitable pumpkin to carve.
Drinking Rare Local Sake at Himeji Castle, Japan
Sake! (in a box!?)
I knew it all along!
Video: A Weekend in Vientiane – Laos
Michael and Pinky take a weekend trip to Vientiane, the capital of the Lao People Democratic Republic (Laos). It is one of the smallest capital cities in the world, and less than an hour flight from Bangkok.
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